Better Sexy than Flexy? A Lab Experiment Assessing the Impact of Perceived Attractiveness and Personality Traits on Hiring Decisions

In this letter we present a laboratory experiment to assess the relative and independent effect of perceived attractiveness and personality traits on hiring decisions. Our results indicate that attractiveness and conscientiousness, followed by emotional stability, are important drivers of recruiters' decisions.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Baert, Stijn ; Decuypere, Lynn
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	lab experiments \| hiring discrimination \| economics of beauty \| economics of personality

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 7847
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	776201662 [GVK] hdl:10419/90081 [Handle] RePEc:iza:izadps:dp7847 [RePEc]
Classification:	C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J71 - Discrimination
Source:	EconStor

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